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The Philippines’ Jay Payuyo has thus far staved off elimination on several occasions and now finds himself UTG and raising to 100,000. The action folds all the way to the BB where Masafumi Kimura of Japan opts to defend.

The flop comes A♥ 2♠ 6♥ as Kimura donks for 50,000 prompting the Filipino go over the top all-in for his remaining 370,000. Kimura makes the quick call.

Payuyo tables A♠ 5♠ for top pair while the Japanese player shows A♦ 2♦ for two pairs. Payuyo never recovers as the turn is the T♠ and the river is the 8♥ .

With Payuyo’s exit in tenth place, the Final Table is now set.

The action gets folded to the blinds anew as Masafumi Kimura once again does his bully move of shoving from the SB but this time gets called by short stack Jay Payuyo for his last 225,000.

Once again, Kimura shows a funky hand in Q♥ 4♠ going up against the Filipino’s 9♥ 9♠ .

The runout did not change the outcome: 2♥ T♣ J♣ 5♠ A♦ as Payuyo gets a stay of execution and Kimura’s stack drops below the one million mark.

Flight A chip leader Han Seung Hyun of Korea is down to his last 100,000 in chips and commits them to the pot from the +1 position. It folds to the Philippines’ Michael Manlapaz who 3-bets all-in for 680,000 and gets called in the BB by fellow Filipino Jay Payuyo.

Han flips over K♠ T♠ while Manlapaz shows Q♣ Q♠ . Payuyo has A♣ K♣ .

The runout goes 7♠ 6♣ 9♦ 9♣ 3♥ as the queens hold for Manlapaz, eliminating Han in 12th place and crippling Payuyo in one swift blow.

Two Filipinos tangle as Michael Manlapaz goes all-in for his last 490,000 from the +1 position and is called by Jay Payuyo on the D.

Manlapaz shows 9♥ 9♣ while Payuyo is in a flip with A♠ T♠ .

The runout goes Q♦ 3♣ 3♥ 3♠ 5♣ as Manlapaz now hits seven figures and drags Payuyo back to six figures.

Jonathan Duque of the Philippines opens from the +1 position for 80,000 and folds all the way to the SB of fellow Filipino Jay Payuyo who re-raises all-n for 655,000. Duque makes the call.

Payuyo turns over K♣ K♦ while a disgruntled Duque tables Q♠ Q♥ .

The flop makes it very slim for Duque: 2♦ 2♠ K♣ and is drawing dead on the turn when the J♣ arrives. The river card is the 3♥ .

This shift in the balance of power now puts Payuyo within striking distance of the chip leaders as Duque is now officially (and suddenly) a short stack.

The blinds and antes have eaten up the stack of Canada’s Claude Henoud as he is all-in on the BB for his last 15,000. The Philippines’ Jay Payuyo limps in from the HJ and is accompanied by Korean Han Seung Hyun from the D.

The flop comes T♠ 7♠ Q♥ as both check. The turn is the 9♠ as again they check and the river is the A♠ and no further action ensues.

Henoud turns over J♦ 5♥ while Payuyo shows A♥ 9♦ for top pair on the river. Han tables K♣ 5♣ .

Payuyo busts Henoud at 16th place.

The action is folded to the blinds as big stack Masafumi Kimura pulls a bully move by shoving from the SB against the Philippines’ Jay Payuyo in the BB who is down to his last 265,000. It just so happens that Payuyo makes the call as he has A♣ J♦ . Kimura tables 8♣ 6♥ .

The runout goes K♠ 9♣ 5♣ 9♠ 3♥ as Payuyo crawls back to past the half million mark. Kimura hardly felt the hit.

Two Filipinos are all-in preflop with Mark Anthony Ciruelos showing A♥ 2♦ while Jay Payuyo holds 7♦ 7♠ . Ciruelos is at risk.

The flop goes 4♦ A♣ 4♣ to give Ciruelos the lead that he would not relinquish as the 4♥ and the 2♠ complete the runout. Ciruelos emerges victorious with a higher full house to double up and practically pull abreast of his victim.

The action gets folded around to the CO where the Philippines’ Jay Payuyo raises it 25,000. In the SB, fellow Filipino Tony Abesamis moves all-in for his last 71,000. Payuyo calls.

Abesamis shows A♥ T♥ , dominating Payuyo’s K♥ T♠ .

The runout changed nothing: T♣ 4♣ 7♠ 8♣ 6♠ as Abesamis doubles up and slightly dents his opponent’s stack.

Raising from the +2 position to 12,000 is the Philippines’ Jay Payuyo and it folds the BB of fellow Filipino Jonald Garcia who 3-bet shoves his last 83,000. Payuyo makes the call.

Garcia turns over A♥ J♣ while Payuyo has live cards with K♣ 8♣ .

The flop immediately put Garcia against the proverbial ropes: K♠ 5♠ 7♠ and the last two community cards are of no help as the J♦ and the 8♥ complete the runout.